dogs

Although it is clear that dogs are descended from wolves, scientists disagree on where the domestication process began. A new genetic study published in the journal Heredity indicates that this could have occurred in the Asian region of the Yangtze River, in China.

Yes, it's called Doga (a combination of dog, 'dog', and yoga) and it's taking America by storm. It is a program that dogs must do at the end of the day to avoid the stress of "following" the pace of Western life. It arises from the application of yoga techniques to relaxation exercises and stretching for pets.

Can dogs read our minds? How do they learn to ask for food or decide to misbehave when we are not looking at them? According to Monique Udell and her team at the University of Florida, the way dogs respond to the level of attention people give them tells us something about the way they think and learn about human behavior.

According to a study published by the British Medical Journal (BMJ), dogs are capable of detecting bowel cancer by smell even when the disease is in its early stages.

If your dog destroys furniture when you are away from home, it could be pessimistic, according to a British study. According to the authors, from the University of Bristol, some dogs are pessimistic by nature, while others have a more jovial temperament.

Small domestic dogs emerged in the Middle East more than 12,000 years ago as a result of the domestication of gray wolves (Canis lupus). To reach this conclusion, Melissa Gray and Robert Wayne, from the University of California, have identified variations in a gene called IGF1 that is associated with dog size.

Short, curly, long, shaggy, ... Whatever your dog's coat depends on the combination of only three genes, according to a study published today in the journal Science.

A team of neurobiologists from the University of Vienna (Austria) has confirmed what dog owners already suspected: that these animals can feel envy and react negatively when they perceive that they are treated worse than others.